Quote by Richard Dawkins
It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of igno

It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. – Richard Dawkins

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The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry. – Richard Dawkins

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Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things. – Richard Dawkins

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Unfortunately, a lot of the concepts in the Bible are based on ancient mythology that doesnt fit the findings of science. – Clyde Tombaugh

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A science is any discipline in which the fool of this generation can go beyond the point reached by the genius of the last generation. – Max Gluckman, Politics, Law and Ritual, 1965

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Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do. – Donald Knuth

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Science consistently produces a new crop of miraculous truths and dazzling devices every year. – Kary Mullis

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